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Scientists solve how 1,300-ton boulder managed to travel *UP* a cliff

By T.K. Randall
May 23, 2025 ·  1 comment

This is one big boulder. Image Credit: Martin Kohler et al. University of Queensland Weighing an estimated 1,300 tons, the huge rock raised a few eyebrows when researchers from the University of Queensland recently went to do fieldwork on the island's cliffs.

As it turned out, however, there was a genuine explanation for how the boulder - nicknamed Maka Lahi (or 'large rock') by the locals - had ended up half way up a cliff in the middle of nowhere.

The answer, is that the rock was carried there by a tsunami around 7,000 years ago.

The force of the water was so strong, that the boulder had 'surfed' its way the distance of two football fields from its original location atop one 100ft cliff to half way up another."I was so surprised; it is located far inland outside of our field work area and must have been carried by a very big tsunami," said PhD candidate Martin Kohler.

Interestingly, this particular rock is now thought to be the third largest rock anywhere in the world known to have been moved by a tsunami.

The tidal wave itself would have been around 164 feet in height and reached speeds of up to 70 miles per hour, while taking a full 90 seconds to pass by.

Suffice to say, you wouldn't want to have been standing there when it hit.

Source: Gizmodo | Comments (1)

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